There were calls for a Talksport presenter to be sacked after he branded Liverpool fans #murderers on the anniversary of the Heysel stadium disaster .

Last night Mike Graham tweeted an LFC fan who was responding to the Anfield Wrap by sharing their memories of hearing about the disaster as a child.

The Liverpool fan tweeted: “I can remember my mum sending us to bed, we just didn’t understand, people will hate me but, I was crying and ashamed to be a Liverpool fan.”

Graham, who is a night time presenter on the radio station, quoted that tweet and added: “Is that because Liverpool fans caused the deaths of those nice Italians. No wonder you’re so conflicted #Murderers.”

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Mr Graham’s tweets appeared in the early hours of the 32nd anniversary of the European cup final between Liverpool and Juventus in which 39 people - mostly Juventus supporters - were killed, and hundreds left injured when a wall collapsed following violence between fans.

Continuing to bait LFC fans online last night, Mr Graham later quoted another tweet that said “#JFT39”, asking if there was a hashtag for those who died at Heysel.

Replying to the presenter’s first tweet, one Twitter user asked Talksport if their employee’s comments were acceptable to which Graham replied: “I would say so, yeah. What’s it got to do with you!? Are you offended on someone else’s behalf?”

People reacted angrily to the tweets by the 56-year-old, with one Liverpool fan tweeting: “I am not a murderer. None of the Liverpool fans I know are murderers. It’s that sweeping generalisation stupidity that causes unrest #idiot”

The Anfield Wrap asked Graham: “Any reason you decided to randomly have a pop at someone for discussing Heysel? Point scoring? Attention seeking?”

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Fourteen Liverpool fans were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the wake of the Heysel disaster.

Seven were given three year prison terms and the other seven suspended three-year sentences.

After five months in court a further 10 Reds supporters were found not guilty, two Belgian officials were found guilty of criminal negligence while UEFA was cleared – much to the anger of the grieving families.

UEFA banned English clubs from European football for five years, and Liverpool were banned for six years.

Liverpool Football Club lays a wreath to mark the anniversary of the Heysel Stadium Disaster